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By March, more migratory hummers show up

7/19/2019

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I believe this is a male rufous
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Most of the migratory hummingbirds are Allen's, as you can see by the tail feathers in this photo
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Resident or all year round male Anna hummingbird
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From early February, the first migratory hummer shows up

7/15/2019

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Most likely an Allen's hummingbird, first migratory hummer to show up 2019 early February.
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Same bird at the feeder, near Occidental.
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Male townsend warbler, a regular winter visitor, likes the suet.
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Also still a small flock, lesser goldfinches
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Female or juvenile lesser goldfinch
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Male red-breasted nuthatch, an all year round visitor
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The whole bird, male Townsend warbler
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Year round male Anna's hummingbird
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Ruby-crowned kinglet, a winter visitor
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Sometimes this very shy female Townsend warbler would visit the feeders
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Softer coloring, female Townsend warbler, near Occidental
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A walk through Tolay Lake Regional Park, late January 2019

7/6/2019

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Red-shafted flicker, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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Flicker, another view
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Through the branches, a Nuttall's woodpecker
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Northern Pintails in flight, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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White-tailed kite hunting
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Female kestrel
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Same kestrel from a different fence post
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Say's Phoebe, Tolay Lake
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White-crowned sparrow in the park
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A pipit in one of the open fields!
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Meadowlark on a fence post, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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American goldfinch on the dried thistles, Tolay Lake
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A pair of Canada geese on the pond in the park
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Very early tree swallows in the park, already checking out nest boxes!
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Female western bluebird hunting from a fence wire.
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Close by was a male western bluebird, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma
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Yellow-rumped warbler in the park.
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Interrupted this male kestrel grooming near the parking lot area
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Male kestrel in flight
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New location, farther away
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Male American Kestrel, Tolay lake Regional Park, Petaluma
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